Detection of magA Gene in Klebsiella spp. Isolated from Clinical SamplesDetection of magA.

ABSTRACT:

Objective(s)

Klebsiella infections are caused mainly by K. pneumoniae and K. oxytoca. In the last two decades, a new type of invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae which contains mucoviscosity-associated gene (magA) has emerged. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of magA gene and to detect antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Klebsiella spp. isolated from clinical samples.

Materials and methods

Klebsiella isolates were collected from patients admitted to referral hospitals of Hamadan, Iran, during a 12-month period from 2007 to 2008. The samples were analyzed by conventional microbiological methods and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The hypermucoviscosity (HV) phenotype of Klebsiella isolates was characterized by formation of viscous strings >5 mm as a pos

SUBMITTER: Zamani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3843861 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature